Dr Richard A Blythe

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School of Physics and Astronomy
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University of EdinburghNon-equilibrium statistical physics
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Cultural and biological evolutionary dynamics

About my research

Statistical physics is the study of how
structures and patterns emerge in complex systems
from the interactions between their component parts.

Traditionally, statistical physics applies to solids,
liquids and gases and predicts material properties like melting
temperatures. A major research challenge is to make similar predictions for systems
for out of equilibrium systems, for example, when heat flows through a room.

The mathematical techniques for solving these problems apply to complex
interacting systems in general. Hence statistical physicists work in a huge
variety of areas. A lot of my own work relates to the non-equilibrium
evolutionary dynamics of biological populations and cultural behaviour, particularly
language.

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